<p>In the latest episode Carrie-Ann Wade talks with Simon Jones who is the Executive Director for Communications for Westco and the former Chair of LGcomms, a professional body representing local government communicators.</p><p>We talk about his 15 years’ experience at director level in local government where his remit not only covered communications but included policy, strategy and business intelligence.</p><p>Simon shares his journey from journalist and editorial director into a career in communications and is honest about the challenges and learning.</p><p>We also talk about the joy of working with senior leadership teams who value and understand comms as well as the impacts of crisis communications on our work and our wellbeing.</p><p>Thank you to Simon for sharing his story and his advice for communications leaders.</p><p><strong>Behind the Bob, </strong>Diary of a Comms Director</p><p>Welcome to Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director with Carrie-Ann Wade.</p><p>This podcast is all about developing communications leaders of the future and supporting you to grow and thrive in your comms career. You’ll hear from Carrie-Ann about her own personal experiences and insights and there might even be a special guest or two popping up.</p><p>The first series focused on diversity in the communications profession and how to create more opportunities for people to see communications as a profession they would like to work in. The second series explores the lives of communications directors to help inspire and support communications leaders of the future. </p><p>Behind the Bob gives you a sneak peek into life as a comms director and provides you with all the "behind the scenes" knowledge to help you thrive as a communications leader.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed listening please share it, leave a rating or a review. It really does help the podcast reach more communicators!</p><p>New episodes of Behind the Bob are published on Wednesdays and you can always subscribe via your favourite podcast platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.</p><p>You can find out more about Carrie-Ann and Cat's Pajamas Communications at&nbsp;<a href="https://my.captivate.fm/www.cats-pajamas.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.cats-pajamas.co.uk</a></p>